Timothee Chalamet finally promotes ‘Wonka’ in his ‘SNL’ monologue

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Timothée Chalamet has finally been able to promote his upcoming film Wonka in his new Saturday Night Live monologue.Chalamet’s appearance on SNL marks his first official promotion of his upcoming role in Wonka.

The film had its promotion prevented due to the SAG strike, which has now ended on November 9.Set to the tune of ‘Pure Imagination’, Chalamet sang: “Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of shameless self-promotion — it’s OK, I can say…” before bursting out: “My new film Wonka is coming out in theatres December 15″.

He then went on to shout out his co-stars: “Keyword: damn, Hugh Grant got that Oompa Loompa dump truck!”The actor, who also recently appeared in a Martin Scorsese-directed perfume ad, also shouted out Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Chalamet’s next upcoming film, Dune: Part Two.The actor then had his ‘Pure Imagination’ cover interrupted to rap with SNL cast member Marcello Hernandez about his “baby face”.

Watch the moment below:This is Chalamet’s second time hosting SNL; this episode, he was joined by musical guests boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker).